Introduction to Scottish Bagpipes

There are two main types of common traditional Scottish bagpipes, the Highland bagpipe and the small bagpipe. This post focuses on the Highland bagpipes. The famous Highland bagpipe (Scottish Gaelic: "phiob mhor) is a type of bagpipe produced in Scotland. It spread around the world through the British Army and bagpipe corps. Scottish bagpipes appeared in Scotland mainly around 1400 AD, although artifacts also appeared in Europe before that in Spain in the 13th century. The Scottish bagpipes were first used in a military context, in which the famous Highland bagpipes became famous in the British Army and achieved widespread success, so that today we can all enjoy this wonderful instrument. While other bagpipe traditions prevailed throughout Europe, from Portugal to Russia, into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although known for its wide-ranging role in both military and civilian bagpipe bands, the famous Highland bagpipe can also play a variety of modern repertoire alongside antique music, also known as piobaireachd, or simply pibroch.